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J. S. Lackey is now receiving con- signments for his twenty-fifth an- nual sale-a longer time than that of any other sales manager or cor- poration in America. During that time Mr. Lackey has probably dis- posed of horses to the amount of $2,500,000 -. a record unsurpas- sed when the size of the town is taken into consideration
Grocers are paying 32e per dozen for eges and retailing at 35c - n price beyond the ability of tho average consumer to pay . . . . B. F. Carmean has purchased the . stock of the L. R. Grosh dry goods store ut Milton and is having a big sale of all merchandise, con- tinuing every day until all is sold . . . . The recent cold wave and rapid change in the temperature has caused many persons to en- deavor to find a date in many years past when so sudden and great a change occurred. The old- est inhabitants all agree that noth- ing like it has occurred since New Year's day, 1864, when in; twelve hours the temperature dropped 88 degrees. On the 31st day of December 1863 at 7 o'- clock in the evening the thermo- meter recorded a temperature of 160 degrees above zero, and a 7 o'clock on New Year"s morning it was 28 degrees below zero
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of November 30, December 7, 14, 1911, comes the news of the day:
These issues have many large Christmas display ads. Among those are Frank HI. Ohmit & Co.'s big store with a full page; Chas. J. Marson, diamonds and watches, with a half page; Callaway's dry goods and men's furnishings with a half page; The Hoosier Store, Richmond, with a half page; the Railroad Store, Richmond, with a third of a page; other advertisers 'with large display ads include The Geo. H. Knollenberg Co., Rich .mond; J. W. Marson, general store; The People's Store, Rich- mond; Neff & Nusbaum, footwear, Richmond; House of Wheeler, shoes and clothing; Dean House, drugs; Roth & Co., coal; Graver's Department Store, general store; The Starr Piano Co., Richmond . . . . At Germantown the l'ennsy]- vania Co. is tearing away the de- pot that has done service for more than 30 years. The first depot was built in 1853, and a quarter of a century later was rebuilt and reduced in size . . . . Disastrous fire at Milton - Hotel Block burned and other buildings threat- ened - Cambridge City fire de- partment prevents further dum- age. About 1:30 Wednesday morning, December 13, fire was discovered in the hotel block nt Milton, and before the flames were arrested the building was destroyed, including part of the stock of hardware and implements of Grant Stanley. The building was a two story brick and was built about 1882 by W. II. Moore, to replace n frame structure burned some time previous. At the pres- ent it is owned by Snow & Pritch- ard of Knightstown, who valued it at $5,000. The Cambridge City fire department was called and promptly responded and water was pumped from the river and kept the blaze from spreading to other neighboring buildings . . . . Ad- vertisement : Caruso In Richmond! At the Jones Hardware Co. on a Vietrola Musical Instrument No seran hing . Lo offensive noises, no car aphitting swim1 820 to $100; every rui home could have one
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of December 21, 28, 1911 comes the news of the day: 4. 25 61
The election of road supervisors in Jackson Twp. resulted in the election of all the old supervisors, namely : Distriet No. 1, Samuel UI- rich; No. 2, Chas. Rummel; No. 3, W. E. Huddleston; No. 4, Chas. Davis . ... Joe Fabe has opened a fruit store in the room formerly occupied by Noah Waddell ..
The Cambridge City Ice Co. are busy every day freezing water for use next summer. They will have several hundred tons of ice ready by summer . . . . Harry S. Beard sold his cigar store and billiard parlors located in the basement of Hurst's opera house, to Forest Murray of Richmond . The business of Bertsch & Co. since December 2 has been under the newly organized company. The construction of their new plant has been delayed until early ; spring . ... Taylor Crook has com- pleted the task of unloading from the car and placing in position the two new 150 horse-power steam boilers for the new city light plant . ... All of the speed horses owned by the late Lawrence Commons, from his stock farm near Centerville, with the excep- tion of the stallion Anderson Wil- kes, have been consigned to John S. Lackey's horse sale, March 12 through 16. Included in this con- signment is the sensational young pacing mare, Grace D, who holds the world's half mile track record for a mile. She was the joint prop- erty of Mr. Commons and W. B. Barefoot .... George Usher, Jr., who has been employed as a sales- man in the F. T. Frohnapfel gro- cery for the past five years, re- signed his position, to take em- ployment as an assistant to Val Zimmerman, the leading under- taker in Rochester, Indiana. Mr. Usher had been an assistant to C. T. Wright, here. In 1961 the George Usher funeral homes are well-known in Indianapolis
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of January 4, 11, 18, 1912, comes the news of the day: 4.27.61
The Hagerstown basketball team went down in defeat before their strong opponents, the Cam- bridge City high school team by a score of 41 to 8 the last Thursday in 1911 . The annual stock- holders meeting of the First Na- tional Bank was held with the fol- lowing officers elected: Claude S. Kitterman, president; Charles Fer- guson, vice-president; C. W. Wag- ner, cashier; F. J. Harvey ,assist- ant cashier. Directors : L. H. Jones, W. C. Rieser, Charles Ferguson, Claude S. Kitterman and O. H.' Beeson . . . . Walter Templin of Milton is putting ice away. He has 35 tons stored now. The ice on the river there is six inches thick . .
. . O. E. White manager of the National Drill plant speaks very encouragingly for the prospects for an increased business over that of 1911. They now have a number of orders, one which is for 250 drills to be shipped to a foreign country . ... Lee Pitman is put- ting up many tons of 8 inch ice off the upper canal . .. . The local high school basketball team was de- feated by Centerville high school here Saturday night, by a score of 27 to 26 .... Cambridge City has three bakeries that are baking bread from the finest and best flour that money can buy. This bread can be bought fresh daily The officers of the Red Men for this year are Clarence Ocker, prophet; Roy Schepman, sachem; Harry Monger, S. S .; Carl Hoel, J. S .; Oscar Cooley, K. of R .; Al- bert Kelsey, C. of W .; Fred Storch, K. of W. . Saturday morning, January 13 was the coldest of the winter so far. The thermometer at the government station register- ed 24 degrees below zero . . . . The annual stockholders meeting of Bertsch & Co. was held January 10 at the office of J. C. Dodson. It was the first meeting of the new organization. The board of directors consists of C. A. Bertsch, 1 .. 11. Bertsch, Raymond Bertsch, Alvin Bertsch and John K. Smith. The following officers were elect- ed: C. A. Bertsch, president ; L. H. Bertsch, vice - president ; Alvin Bertsch, secretary; Raymond Bertsch, treasurer
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of January 25, February 1, 8, 1912 comes the news of the day:
Lee Pitman has put up about 850 tons of ice ranging in thick- ness from 8 to 12 inches. Mr. Pitman thinks this is about the finest crop he has ever harvested Advertisement: See the 1912 noiseless Buick. Automobile on exhibition at our large new sales room - the greatest value ever known in the automobile line - Frank W. Marson, Cambridge City . . . Morris & Krahl has a page ad it is their ninth annual Febru- ary clothing sale . ... Advertise- ment: Before you buy an engine," call and see the Olds Gasoline En-' gine - sold by H. D. Huddleston, phone Red 322, Milton, Indiana . .. . . Marshal Drischel has been granted a ten-day leave of ab- sence by the town trustees, from February 15. He goes to New Or- leans to witness the Mardi Gras, and from there to Mobile, Ala. to visit his son Willard, and wife. Edward Drischel will be Deputy marshal during his father's ab- sence . . Complaint was filed with the town trustees protesting against the constant violation of the speed limit by the traction cars through this place. Marshal Dris- chel, in accordance with the in- instructions given him, gave each motorman and conductor a per- sonal notice of warning, after which he will arrest and prose- cute any motorman guilty of run- ning his car at a higher rate of speed than twelve miles per hour within the corporate limits of Cam- bridge City, as provided by an ordinance . .. . Charles P. Doney, this city, is favorably considered by the Democrats for county chair- man. Mr. Doney is a young man possessed with the necessary quali- fications and ability for the place The Milton Buggy factory shipped fifteen fine buggies to Franklin, last week. Chas. Davis was at Waverly, Ohio, for several days recently, in the interest of the company . . . . The contract for the construction of the Penn- sylvania double track from Dublin to Dunreith has been awarded to 1I. E. Culbertson & Co., of Cleve- land, Ohio
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of February 15, 22, 29, 1912, comes the news of the day :
The general store at Milton, owned by B. F. Carmean, has been sold to Patsy O'Brien of Marys- ville, Ohio, and will be in charge of Mr. Norris of Columbus, Ohio Chas. Wheeler C. H. Graver, Frank Frohnapfel and other mer- chants were Cambridge City rep- resentatives at the recent meeting of the Indianapolis businessmen's association . ... Seffrin Bros., of Rushville, who formerly lived at Evansdale farm, south of Dublin, ·have become expert auctioneers and will go to New York City to cry a sale of Jersey cattle Febru- ary 26. These cattle were recently imported from the Isle of Jersey Walter Waddell sold the re- mains of his clothing and gents' furnishing stock to George E. Cal- laway, who wil continue the busi- ness at the old stand. His new goods is arriving daily and he is well prepared for the trade . . . .
Bertsch & Co. have shipped to Lan- sing, Michigan, one of their largest metal shears. It weighed nearly thirty tons . . .. The directors of the 1st National Bank met to take action on the resignation of C. W. Wagner. It was accepted. Mr. Wagner is going to Calgary, Can- ada to take charge of the collec- tion department of the National Land Co. at a good big salary . . Thornburg & Hackleman of Ben- tonville are dealers for the Oak- land automobile. The Oakland "30" is priced at $1200. It has standard equipment, gas headlights oil side lights, tail light, robe rail, horn, gas tank, pump, jack and tire kit. Top and windshield extra. Unit power plant, 4 cylinders, sel- ective type transmission, three speeds forward, one reverse, gears and shafts chrome nickel steel, im- ported ball bearings, Remy mag- neto, 106 inch wheel base, tires 34×3 %
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of March 7, 14 and 21, 1912, comes the news of the day:
Advertisement: Frank W. Mar- son - for Buick automobiles, Col- umbia buggies, Cassidy Sulky and gang plows, Syracuse and Oliver walking plows, Victor and Super- ior corn planters, National one and two row cultivators, Banta incuba- tors and brooders, National cream 'separators, Steel tanks and steel hog houses, something new and desirable; manure spreaders, wa- gons, harness, collars . . . . The Lackey Horse Sale was March 12 thru March 15. And what seemed of little interest to the harness horse world as several hundred horses were put on the auction block was this offering: Estate of L. D. Commons, Centerville, and W. B. Barefoot, city, b c Single G. Sold to H. S. Beard, city, $275. It is said that Beard bid Single G in for Barefoot that Barefoot might protect his own financial interest, especially after the colt was unruly and broke away from the handlers during the auction . . . Sold in the same sale was . Grace D, owned by W. B. Barefoot and the estate of the late L. D. Commons, for $3,150, to Ed Holl- enbeck, Lynnbrook, Long Island, N. Y. Grace D held the world's record for three year old pacers with a clocking of 2:1014 . . New advertiser in these issues is Albright - Bethard Auto Agency, Richmond. They sell the Ford. Their prices are: 5 passenger tour- ing car $690 f.o.b. Dertoit; 2 passenger torpedo, fully equipped $590 f.o.b. Detroit . ... Adver- tisement: Get your Durham-Du- plex razor at Chns. J. Marson - razor with one blade 35c . . Advertisement: E. R. McGraw, dealer in high grade harness, robes, blankets, trunks and suit cases. Repairing at moderate prices
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of March 28, April 4 and 11, 1912, comes the news of the day:
Advertisement: Are you ready to place your order for an auto- mobile? If you want a large tour- ing car with "power to spare" we can fit you out with a Pilot 40 horsepower, 120 inch wheelbase and 36x4 tires. If you want a lighter touring car we can furnish you with a Studebaker E.M.F., 30 horsepower. If you want a neat four or five passenger car or a runabout that has them all beat for the money we will furnish you a Flanders 20 .- The MeConaha Company, 11-13 South Fourth St.,. Richmond, Indiana . Adver- tisement: Before you buy your cream separator, why not look at the Olds Separator? The Olds and DeLaval are constructed the same, but the Olds can be bought for less money than the DeLaval and has a twenty-year guarantee. Sold by H. D. Huddleston, Milton, In -! diana . E. R. Huddleston has been awarded the contract to in- tall the heating and plumbing equipment for the new Pennsyl- vania depot . Alvin Bertsch went to Indianapolis for one day to give a demonstration of his new' invention, a rotary valve for automobile engines. The success of this patent will give valuable and economical benefits in both con-' atruction and operation of auto engines. The claim made for this invention has attracted the atten- tion of capitalists and engine builders who have invited Mr. Bertsch to give a demonstration Thoughts of the day : llustle is the yeast that causes a man to rise in the world. When successful beware of those who have animo- sities and who will try through you to grind their own axes. The lazy man aims at nothing and gener- ally hits it
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of April 18, 25, and May 2, 1912, comes the news of the day:
A salesman of a local casket factory says of the coffin: The man who sold it didn't want it, the man who bought it couldn't use it and the man who used it didn't know it . ... C. T. Wright & Son have just installed a modern Pack- ard auto ambulance, probably the most advanced type of vehicle in - use by any undertaker outside of the larger cities . The First National Bank here is listed as the! Seventieth Oldest National Bank in the United States . . . . A new business is opening in Cambridge City, the Wear-U-Well Shoe Co. It is located west of the Vinton Hotel Cluster lights for; street lighting is the coming, method of business sections of cities. In most places the busi-t nessmen install such lights and, the city furnishes the electricity .: Main street of Cambridge City would make a fine appearance and the old town would be going some. (Note-The cluster lights were in- talled later and used for many years. The coming of truck trans -! portation on the National Road is; attributed to the change to the - . present lighting in the 1950's as many cluster arms and globes were! damaged or broken by the tall vehicles. Finally the remaining! clusters were removed, leaving a single globe on top of each pole,; but these eventually gave way to! the present lighting . . . . Adver -? tising cards in these issues include Chas. Kniese, dentist; Novelty Re- pair Shop, George Morton; Joe Wade, livery, feed and sale stable; . Frank Tiefenthaler, veterinary. surgeon; Dr. W. F. Green, eyes examined and glasses furnished; Dr. W. B. Harris, dentist; J. C. Dodson, attorney at law; Dr. R. C. Leslie, dentist; Warren T. Mar- kle, insurance, loans; Fred Storch, shoeing shop .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of May 9, 16, 23, 1912 comes the news of the day:
Commissioner R. A. Hicks sold the Swiggett block at public sale May 4 to James A. Boyd for $5, -. 1800. It was anpraised at $9,250. !The residence adjoining on the west was sold to Abiram Boyd for $2,800. It was appraised for $4,- 250. Since the price in total was inot two-thirds of the appraise -: ment, it is understood that . the, heirs will not let the property pass ; out of the family at that price. It will be reappraised and then offered for sale . . . . James Re-j valee is moving back to Cambridge, City from Anderson, and will again engage in the plumbing busi- ness . . . . Nick Zaccagnini, a 15 'year old Italian boy of Chicago, ¡ who with his brother was , em- ployed in the Pennsylvania gravel -pit, was instantly killed while car- rying water to a gang of men. The accident took place east of the water tank where there are six tracks and trains passing almost constantly. He stepped in front of a freight train and was thrown by the engine under a moving work train. His manpled body was prepared for burial by undertaker: Wright. The boy's father came at onee from Chicago, but owing to the sickness of the mother, the body was buried in Riverside ceme- tery . . . . The annual automo- bile tour made up of Henry coun- ty cars of 150 different vehicles toured a route through Henry, Rush, Fayette and western Wayne counties, passing through Milton, Cambridge City and Dublin en- route home. A picnic dinner was held in a grove between. Rushville and Connersville .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of May 30, June 6 and 13, 1912,! comes the news of the day:
The Auto Inn Co., is a new cor- poration in Cambridge City that has taken over the Elwell garage and shops. It has been capitalized at $10,000, fully paid. Its object, will be to maintain a garage and make a specialty of repairs and' supplies. The shops are fitted for, rebuilding and overhauling cars, and to this branch of the business the company will pay due care! .. . Hiram Crook of Milton sold
1200 bushels of wheat to John Hazelrigg of Cambridge City. He, received $1.25 per bushel .
The Cambridge City Grays opened their season with a 4-3 win over a fast Muncie baseball team. The line-up of the Grays contains six of last year's players and is as follows: Wonsetler, Clark, Uhl, Kenworthy, Kerlin and Bender, infield; Ludwig, Wait and Moore outfield . . . . The Osage tribe of Red Men at their regular meeting elected the following chiefs: Roy ¿ Schepman, Prophet; Harry Mon- ger, Sachem; Jesse Richardson, 'S. S .; Lee Monger, J. S .; Clifford; . Oldham, ' Clarence Ocker, C. M. Sower, Albert Kelsey, Dan Chap- man, Representatives to Great Council; C. P. Doney, Clyde Dai- ley, Wm. Oldham, Frank Allison, Chas. Linderman, alternates: Al- bert Boyer, D. D. Advertise- ments: Frank W. Marson sells the popular National cultivator, both single and two row, also bug- gies, harness and National cream separators, automobile oil and as- cessories . . . . Imperial Mills, flour, every sack the same. One feat ire about AAAA Flour that appeals to the cook is that every sack is just like the last - and that is the best flour milled . . . . Just receiv- ed at The Royal Wall Paper Store a now line of the latest patterns of wall paper for 1912. C. P. M. r- ples, opposite the Interurban S .- tion . . . . Just unloaded a carload of Rubber Roofing. Prices from 60e to $3.25 per square. Cam- ¡bridge City Lumber Co. .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of June 20, 27 and July 4, 1912, comes the news of the day:
While plowing up a fence row on the farm af Chas. Hiatt, north of Dublin this 'spring, Chas. Dueb- el, a tenant on the farm, unearth- ed a granite slab about 10x16 inches, on which is chiseled the date of 1617. The date is fairly well preserved, although that side of the stone is inclined to shell. The spot was marked and later an excavation will be made to see if it marked a grave. The fence row has not been disturbed for more than 50 years, and the stone, when struck by the plow share was in a leaning position at a depth of some six inches. It is possible that the stone was removed from a field years ago and thrown in a fence corner. At an early pe- riod in settlement of this country people were buried in the forest or clearings and the graves mark- ed by granite boulders, such as were deposited during the glacial period. Some of these are marked with dates, and that in what is now Elkhorn cemetery, south of Richmond. W. A. Creitz, into whose possession the stone has come, has had it photographed, and will preserve it so far as pos- sible .... Oscar Chase has built a building 24x30 feet in which he has installed an alligator shear for cutting iron, and a baler for rags and paper. The Chase boys are hustlers, which accounts in part of their success . . . . Hazel- rigg and Straughn have purchased over 16,000 pounds of choice wool this season and are loading two cars to be forwarded to the Shuler & Co. woolen mills at Hamilton, Ohio .... For Sale-Three auto- mobiles; two White Steamers and one gasoline car, in good repair. If sold at once the price will be low. The Auto Inu Co., Cambridge City . ... The new machinery for the new electric light plant has been ordered and will be expected here in a week
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of July 11, 18, 25, 1912, comes the news of the day:
The K of P's elected the follow- ing officers for the ensuing term: Harry Ginn, C. C .; George Bar- rett, V. C .; Albert Kelsey, pre- late; O. E. Cooley, M. W .; Delbert Smith, M. ; Russell Dennis, I. G .; Clifford Marson, O. G .; J. F. Gro- ves and M. T. Crook, representa- tives .... The safe in the drug store of L. L. Wills at Lewisville was entered by burglars and rob- bed of $75 in cash and other valu- able papers . T. J. Connell has leased the grain elevator at Beeson's station, and has employ- ed Henry Sheppard to take charge of it ... Ruf. Lindsay has capi- tulated. He has laid aside the horse in part and bought a Westcott car. Lon Worl has a new Davis car and Frank Frolinapfel caught the fever from his neighbor and has a Davis car also . . . . Cam- bridge City Grays were defeated by :Muncie 5-0. However, a fea- ture of the game for the Grays was Johnny Kerlin's pitching. He tossed the last two innings and nllowed only one measly hit .
.B. F. Sourbeer, Germantown, is remodeling and enlarging his im- plement warehouse, which will be a decided advantage to the grow- ing trade . . . . M. H. Gaar is di- rector of the M. E. choir. A spe- cial program was held recently ! featuring the soprano solo by Miss Blanche Boyd, a duet by Misses Harriet and Elizabeth Overbeck and a solo by Miss Harriet Over- beck . . .. Sayings of the day: To be honest with others you must he honest with yourself. If you are so anxious to give advice, be will- ing to take a little. The biggest duck in the pond is the one gun- ners are always after. A thing worth doing is worth doing better than it was ever done before .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of August 1, 8, 15, 1912, comes the t news of the day:
Willard Petro, who has render- ed faithful service to the public as school trustee for the past three years, has ended his term of office, and was succeeded by Frank W. Marson, the newly elec- ted member, whose term begins August 1. The organization of the board will include Petro, W. If. Harrison and B. F. Wissler .
Andrew Kniese and John Klieber, two of our local gardeners have' had unusual success with early potatoes this season. The tubers are large and fine and the yield above average . . . . Graver's De- partment Store has a full page ad describing their August Clearance sale . ... Trustee Mason, has em- ployed the following teachers for the coming school year, which be-" gins September 9. District No. (Pennville, Elmer Bertsch; No. 2 (Kiser) Annabel Clifford; No. 3 (Creitz) Elsie Crull; 4
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